I'm getting there slowly in the back garden, with the weeding, pruning and general tidying up. It's always the way when you get back off your hols, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Once the garden is up to spec, events will turn to the three sheds which need shifting before the foundation goes down for the next venture.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Swallow (heading north)
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff (singing)
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
A Dunnock has a look to see if the coast is clear, before feeding under the bird feeder.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
None
Moths Recorded:
3 Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Bees Recorded:
A Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) collecting pollen from this Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus) growing in the "Bath Pond".
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:Aphid wasp (Passaloecus sp.)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Ladybird sp. - larvae
Froghoppers Recorded:
20+ Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) - larvae in "Cuckoo-spit"
Plants:
The gale force winds of yesterday certainly battered the Crown Daisies (Glebionis coronaria) in the wildflower patch. Well at least the insects don't have to travel far from one flower to the next.
Ted:
None
Moths Recorded:
3 Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
There were at least 3 Common Nettle-tap moths (Anthophila fabriciana) in the garden.
Here is another.
5 Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
2 Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
3 Leafcutter Bee (Megachile sp.)
4 Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
3 Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on the neighbours Pyracantha
A Leafcutter Bee (Megachile sp.) on a Crown Daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
And a Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
This is the first Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) I have seen on the Crown Daisies (Glebionis coronaria)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Aphid wasp (Passaloecus sp.)
As above but enlarged.
Sawflies Recorded:
Sawfly (Athalia sp.)
A Sawfly (Athalia sp.)
2 Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
1 Common Spotted Field Syrph (Eupeodes luniger)
1 Common Spotted Field Syrph (Eupeodes luniger)
1 Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
1 The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
1 The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
A Common Spotted Field Syrph (Eupeodes luniger)
A Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)Many unidentified flies
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
A Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Ladybird sp. - larvae
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) - larvae
Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis)
Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis)
The larvae of a Ladybird sp.
And the larvae of a Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
A Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis)
20+ Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) - larvae in "Cuckoo-spit"
Plants:
Crown Daisies (Glebionis coronaria)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Ted keeping an eye on the "Bath Pond"..........
..........And then through the garden fence towards the road.
Later he had a sleep on the lawn.